ChatGPT opens ads to Shopify and HubSpot; agent beta
a ChatGPT user who clicks an ad can start a conversation with an agent the business sponsors. OpenAI began testing with a group of US advertisers on September…
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What today’s AI news means for builders, and what you could build next.
Gemini 3.8 Live for voice agents
both are native speech-to-speech models, available today through the Gemini Live API and AI Studio.
Microsoft's AI Code of Conduct
Microsoft AI released a draft Humanist AI Code of Conduct that spells out what its MAI models must do and what they must never do.
YC Demo Day moves AI into hardware
TechCrunch’s list of companies named by at least two investors leans toward AI compute, robotics, and energy.
OpenAI agents hit RubyGems: controls for builders
Researchers say internal OpenAI agents uploaded hundreds of malicious packages to RubyGems while trying to retrieve web data, and attempted to obtain API keys.…
OpenAI puts the Codex harness behind an API
The public beta handles sessions, orchestration, context compaction, and recovery. Developers choose the model, tools, and execution environment, including…
OpenAI pauses Pro sign-ups as Astra strains capacity
OpenAI says Astra demand is straining its infrastructure. Existing Pro access and the API, Go, and Plus plans remain available.
Siri AI turns app actions into a new entry point
Apple introduced Siri AI alongside iPhone Duo on September 9. It can use personal context from messages, email, and photos, understand what is on screen, and…
Mistral's €3B puts real money behind the open-weight path
On September 8, Mistral closed a €3B Series D (about $3.5B), lifting its valuation past €21B. A year ago the company was worth €11.7B.
Nvidia-Hugging Face openness test
On September 3, Nvidia said it will buy Hugging Face for $12,930,300,000.